“I may become one. I’ve been thinking the matter over pretty seriously.”
“You can go in with me, lad.”
“We will talk that matter over later. What we want to do now is to release Burlein.”
“You have a plan?”
“Yes, I have a plan, and it is to go about it in the most direct manner.”
“What do you propose?”
“I propose to take possession of that house and then go to work at our leisure. I am certain Burlein is concealed somewhere within a hundred yards of that old ramshackle building. You and I can find out the secret with the aid of your dog there.”
“Suppose we fail?”
“We can’t fail, or in other words we won’t fail; but one thing is certain. We must find Burlein alive before midnight or it will be a search for a dead man, for I tell you that scoundrel has decided to murder him—yes, murder him to-night.”
“And you propose we take possession of the house?”